The Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed two attacks on Nigerian soldiers that took place within 24-hours in Borno State, one involving the bombing of a convoy, and the other a strike on a post.

While the Islamic State's (IS) al-Hayat Media Center broke its streak of consistent releases of weekly statistical breakdown videos on group operations, the IS' al-Naba featured the data in an infographic, identifying 231 casualties in 68 attacks between January 17-23, 2019.